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Mission Namek
Chapter 1:
Invasion Aftermath
The pod blasted off and vanished into space. The battle was over. Earth had been spared destruction because of the valiant efforts of the Z Senshi. Despite their wounds, the Z Senshi could not help but laugh and sigh in relief, and in the joy of their victory. They had a moment of silence for their fallen, and the relaxed. Another craft came into view…it had the Capsule Corporation logo on it. Buruma and Roshi waved to the people below as they landed. Employees of Capsule helped to lift Goku and Vegeta into the airship via stretchers. Kuririn, Radditzu, Gohan and Yajirobe were brought in, but with less assistance.
Gohan was greeted by his mother who hugged him and burst into tears.
"Radditzu, are these the only survivors?" asked Buruma
"yes." said Radditzu
Buruma paled "Piccolo…?"
"Gone" said Gohan "Mom, Buruma san…Piccolo saved my life by giving his…he cared all along…I always said so…"
"I know sweetie…" said Chichi "You're very smart Gohan…"
A worker came up to Buruma "Miss Briefs, the bodies of the fallen warriors have been put into preservation tanks."
"Thank you" said Buruma; she sat in the cockpit and lifted off.
The employees took Vegeta to the back cabin, cut off from the front where the others were. The remains of Kiwi and Dodoria were put in ice for future scientific study. Buruma's face was that of shock. Kuririn looked around at his friends and remembered the fallen. Yamucha; killed by a Saibaiman Jibaku. Tenshinhan; beaten brutally, and then drained of his energy by his own attack. Chaozu; blown up by Dodoria and crushed under his feet. Roland; shredded manually by Dodoria. Piccolo….the most noble death of them all. He gave his life so that Gohan might live. But without him, the Dragonballs of earth were useless. Buruma knew that, and she shivered with teary eyes.
"Yamucha is gone…and without Piccolo…" said Buruma
Kuririn lifted his head from his thoughts "Um…Buruma…there is another way."
"What?"
"I mean, there's another set of Dragonballs…on the planet Namek!"
"Really!?" Buruma exclaimed
"yeah…Vegeta mentioned it before he got messed up…" said Kuririn
"I remember that!" said Gohan "And Piccolo said There is another Eternal dragon!"
"But…do we know if Namek still exists?" asked Buruma
"I can contact Kaiou-sama and find out where Namek is!" said Goku
"No need" Kaiou Sama said to all "I've been listening."
"Kaiou sama!" exclaimed Goku "Can you tell me about Namek?"
"Yes Goku. The Planet Namek is home to a peaceful, but powerful race of people. Sure, not as powerful as Saiya-jin, but they were quite remarkable! They had fighters, and they had healers. One clan in particular, the Dragon Namek-sei-jin, were both wise and powerful. The planet was ravaged by storms many years ago…I shall have to see if any are alive…" Kaiou focused and searched Namek "Ah yes! There are over 100 Namek-sei-jin on the planet!"
"All right!" said Goku
"Hey, can you give me some coordinates?" asked Buruma
"Most certainly!" said Kaiou; he beeped numbers and letters into Buruma's mind and she typed them into a little device
"Damn! This planet is light years away! It would take hundreds of years to get there with conventional rockets!"
"We could take the Indestructible…" suggested Goku
"No…we can't…" said Radditzu "The core is down…only Roland knows how to fix it…he never followed up on the repairs…and now he's dead…"
"It's a shame…" said Goku "That ship has Hyperdrive and could get us to Namek in seconds."
"hey wait!" said Gohan "What about the other two Space Fighters' ships?"
"Of course!" exclaimed Buruma "we'll use those ships to go to Namek!"
"Yeah!" said Gohan "The home world of Piccolo!"
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~~East City Hospital, November 4th~~
Goku was already wrapped up in bandages and put into a strange machine. He and the machine were taken into a room at the Hospital. Kuririn and Gohan's fractures and scrapes were dressed and splinted. They were well enough to move around a little bit. However, another patient was not doing as well. Prince Vegeta's vital signs were in terrible shape. His body was damaged horribly and he was hooked up to an IV and life support systems.
A doctor read his charts "Ribs broken in fifty places, hairline skull fracture, internal bleeding in five areas, severe bleeding all over, hemorrhaging, sprained muscles all over, massive organ damage, crushed bone, ruptured thyroid…it doesn't look good"
"Is there nothing you can do to save the prince?" pleaded Radditzu
"I am sorry, Sir Knight. We simply do not have the technology to save him…the damage to his body is beyond Earth medical science."
"Damn…" said Goku from across the room "Doctor, if you get messed up, and then die in the hospital, is it considered a natural cause?"
"I do not know." admitted the doctor
At that moment, a short man that resembled a brown dodo pushed into the room.
"Doc!" exclaimed Radditzu "What are you doing here? I thought you were with Furiza!"
"For Kami's sake, I'm a doctor, not a politician! As the Prince's physician, my first loyalty is to his health. I am bound by the Zorkkantric Oath, not Furiza's law." said Doc; he threw a Hoi Poi capsule to reveal a rejuvenation tank. "I am fortunate Mister Son left some of his capsules in my keeping…nurses, please assist me here."
Four nurses helped lift Vegeta at Doc's command. He ordered them to put him inside the tank. As he activated it he explained the process.
"The water you see here is actually Nanotechnology. It will repair all the damage done to his body, and then inject him with hormones that will give him energy. The process does take days, of course. I estimate around 23 days. Now, nurses, if you could be so kind as to help carry him and the tank to the craft outside of your hospital I would be much obliged."
Seven nurses lifted the tank by two long rods attached to the base. It was surprisingly light; they could almost only feel the weight of Vegeta himself. Buruma and Radditzu followed them outside to a small spacecraft. It was in the shape of an insect's thorax and abdomen with crablike legs for landing gear. It was rather small.
"wow! Is this your ship?" asked Buruma
"Yes. It is a medical transport." said Doc "Comparable to your Ambulances."
"Can you give us a lift to Namek?"
"No. There is only room for the patient in the chamber, another passenger and myself. The patient becomes the passenger after he is healed. Then there's the provisions and equipment…"
"But…can you at least take Vegeta to Namek?" asked Radditzu
"Very well. It will take around 44 days for my ship to get there. I have loaded Kiwi's pod into the cargo bay already so Vegeta can use it."
Buruma nodded "all right…give these to Vegeta, all right?" she handed the doctor a disc shaped device, and a round object with a face that looked similar to a radar screen.
"I sure will, miss."
Doc climbed into the cockpit of the ship and blasted off.
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~~East City Hospital, November 7th~~
Gohan adjusted his eyes to the light of day. He and Kuririn had been indoors for three entire days. Now that their injuries were healed, they could leave East City. Chichi and Radditzu were going to stay until Goku was healed, so Kame Sennin was accompanying Gohan and Kuririn to West City, where Buruma was working on the Namek-sei-jin spaceship that Popo found for their use. Roshi threw his Hoi-Poi Jet Copter and let his student and the son of his other student get in. It didn't take very long to get to West City, and to Capsule Corporation. Mama Briefs greeted the three at the door.
"Ooh! Hello Gohan! My how you've grown" she pinched his cheeks "Oh my, Kuririn! You sure are handsome today! You too, Kame Sennin! Would any of you like some fudge?" She held out a significantly large tray of fudge bars
"Uh…maybe some other time…" said Kuririn
"I can't have dessert before lunch…" said Gohan
"what about you, Roshi?" asked Mama
"I gave it up."
"Oh! Bloomers is in her lab working on the spaceship if you wanna see her!"
"Thanks!" said Gohan as he, Roshi and Kuririn went into the house.
~~Buruma's Lab~~
Buruma tinkered with the device before her as her father worked on another part. The old doctor held a book in his hand.
"Seata belta?"
"um…toilet!" said Buruma
"very good! Now feh!"
"AI YAH!" Buruma screamed
"No, no, feh is an interjection used in different context than ai-yah!."
"YOU DIRTY OLD MAN!" Buruma socked the short man in the business suit across the hall "NEXT TIME KNOCK! AND NEVER TOUCH THE KNOCKERS!"
"But Buruma, what about my Puff-puff?" whined Roshi
"No! never!" Growled Buruma
"What's a Puff-puff?" asked Gohan; Kuririn whispered the answer "Oh." (1)
"So, how's the ship coming?" asked Kuririn
"Two more days and it should be ready." said Buruma
"Yes, but she can't go anywhere until she learns the Namek language!" said Dr Briefs
"hey, I am trying!" snarled Buruma "Feh! Chiakra miorgah diortak morishka!"
"Watch your language, dear." said Dr Briefs
"Grr…hey, you guys can stay here until we're ready to go" said Buruma
"well…I gotta do homework…" said Gohan
"and I should probably train…" said Kuririn
"You can do it all here. There's a gym, and a library."
"all right"
And so it was that Gohan and Kuririn waited for seven days at capsule Corporation. And on the fourteenth of November they were ready to embark on their quest…to search for Dragonballs on Namek!
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How was it? Same rules as always. Sheesh…I guess I will allow butt kissers as long as they are HONEST and are not just SAYING that they like the story to MAKE ME FEEL GOOD.
1) For those of you who don't know, a Puff-Puff is when a guy puts his face in between two ~~Cough-cough~~ and turns his head from side to side, immersing his face in ~~Erhem~~
::The BBC Apologizes for that definition::
Next Time: The first half of the journey to Namek. A ship full of orphans is discovered. Zarbon lands on Furiza 79.